It's important to note that at this point Paramount has not officially given any official green light to any Star Trek film, however the mention of Skydance's involvement is a key important step.

Paramount Pictures has begun propulsion power on the fourth Star Trek film initiated by Bad Robot. Sources now say the film is being written and would not debut until after Star Trek 4.

Watch this space for more news on the forthcoming Star Trek movies as it flies in... The British director helmed early episodes of Marvel's Jessica Jones and The Defenders for Netflix, and her TV helming credits also include episodes of Vinyl, Dig and Orange Is the New Black. That script is being written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Overlord).

The prevailing presumption underlying the several possible Star Trek scripts was that Paramount was pursuing a model similar to what Warner Bros. did with Wonder Woman: developing multiple scripts, then picking a favorite.

Paramount'sJim Gianopulos touted twoTrek films. Many box office watchers believe confusion over how Rogue One: A Star Wars Story related to the characters and events introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens may have hurt its box office (that said, it still cleared a billion dollars).

Of course, the franchise could boldly go in another direction too - a movie with the CBS All-Access Cast could happen.

According to the local police chief, the suspects had fair complexions, and were either of Middle Eastern or European descent. Hamas initially stopped short of blaming Israel, saying only that al-Batsh had been "assassinated by the hand of treachery".

Mnuchin said in his announcement that he factored the "impact on our partners and allies" into his reprieve. The decision not to impose secondary sanctions particularly benefits European customers of Rusal .

Japan's Kei Nishikori retired during his opening match against Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday. Djokovic made a decision to play in Barcelona after losing to Dominic Thiem in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.

Similar penalties will be unlikely on Huawei even if the Chinese company were indeed being investigated, analysts said. The move has not only dealt a heavy blow to ZTE, but may also threaten the development of industry value chains.

Martin wrote on his blog, "This is the book that I used to jokingly refer to as the GRRMarillion", referring to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion , which serves as a historical background to his Middle Earth books.

The spark Smart provided isn't easily quantifiable, but the difference was detected by both teammates and opposing players. Marcus Smart also returned from injury, scoring nine points to go along with five rebounds and four assists off the bench.

The police sources said that the Army used helicopters to locate the fleeing militants and then the ground forces took on them. Of the two local militants killed, one was said to be relative of a top commander who was killed in an encounter earlier.

It pledged on Wednesday to maintain investment in Sky News for 10 years, and ensure the division's editorial independence. Comcast has said that adding Sky to its business would increase worldwide revenues to 25% from 9%.

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